Official Integrity Quotes

In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

If the official is himself upright, the people will play their roles without orders. If he is not upright, even under orders the people will be disobedient.

I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one.

Honorariums are really dishonorariums. So long as they continue, public trust in Congress will sink even below its minimal level today.... Public officials should have only one paymaster: the Government. When the Government pays too little, the temptation to find other paymasters becomes far harder to resist.

I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.

Never with my consent shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of executive will.

I personally like Adams ... I respect him because of his personal and official integrity.

Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth.

There has to be a feeling of confidence that the senior officials of the government are not playing with the lives of the public.